An Italian court has made a landmark decision by legally recognising three parents – two fathers and a mother – for a four-year-old child, a ruling that has drawn criticism from conservative Catholic groups. The unprecedented judgment, reported by Italian media on Tuesday and confirmed by lawyer Pasqua Manfredi, concerns a child born in Germany . The boy resides in Germany with two married men, one of whom is his biological father, having conceived the child with a female friend of the couple. The other father, who holds both Italian and German citizenship, adopted the child under German law. He subsequently sought to have this adoption officially recognised within Italy . However, a local Italian authority initially rejected the application, citing suspicions that the child was born via surrogacy abroad – a practice that Italy's conservative government has outlawed.…